- Docente: Vittorio Di Federico
- Credits: 9
- SSD: ICAR/01
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Vittorio Di Federico (Modulo 1) Valentina Ciriello (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 1); In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Civil Engineering (cod. 0930)
Learning outcomes
After passing the final exam, the student gains deeper understanding of the dynamics of fluid in natural systems, studying the interaction of a fluid current with the river bed and with a porous medium. Moreover, he is proficient with theory and methodology of scale models of hydraulic structures. Finally, the student gains theoretical and practical knowledge of main measurement tools employed in hydraulic networks and fluvial and maritime engineering.
Course contents
1-D stationary free-surface flows. Gradually varied free-surface flow in channels and rivers.
Bedload transport in rivers. Fundamentals of fluvial morphodynamics.
Hydraulics of porous media. Flow in aquifers. Hydraulic of wells. Basics of solute transport in porous media.
Laws of mechanical similarity and hydraulic models.
Main measurement tools employed in hydraulic networks and fluvial and maritime engineering.Readings/Bibliography
Class notes.
Armanini, Principi di idraulica fluviale, Bios, 2005.
Bear, Hydraulics of Groundwater, McGraw-Hill, 1979.
Longo, Petti, misure e controlli idraulici, McGraw-Hill.
Teaching methods
Class hours consist of regular lectures, teaching assistant hours and laboratory visits. During teaching assistant hours, numerical applications are illustrated. Laboratory hours, held at the Hydraulic Engineering Lab in via Terracini, aim at illustrating the most important measurement tools employed in hydraulic engineering.
Assessment methods
An oral exam is administered. Homework is assigned, to be turned in before the oral exam.
Teaching tools
Class notes at
Office hours
See the website of Vittorio Di Federico
See the website of Valentina Ciriello